1947 Brown Bears football team

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1947
Brown Stadium
Seasons
1947 Ivy Group football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Penn 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 1
Princeton 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Yale 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
No. 20 Columbia 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Harvard 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Brown 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Cornell 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1947 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented the Brown University during the 1947 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Rip Engle, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 185 to 139.[1]

Brown was ranked at No. 79 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]

The team played its home games at

Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27
Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
    		• W 33–1315,000[3]
    September 30at Princeton
    		L 7–2125,000[4]
    October 11Rhode Island State
    • Brown Stadium
    • Providence, RI
    		W 55–615,000[5]
    October 18at Dartmouth
    		L 10–1310,000[6]
    October 25at
    Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
    		• T 13–136,000[7]
    November 1Holy Cross
    • Brown Stadium
    • Providence, RI
    		W 20–1918,000[8]
    November 8at No. 20 Yale
    		W 20–1415,000[9]
    November 15at Harvard
    		L 7–1325,000[10]
    November 27Rutgers
    • Brown Stadium
    • Providence, RI
    		L 20–2716,000[11]
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    References

    1. ^ "1947 Brown Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
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